The World Ahead 2025
Future-gazing analysis, predictions and speculation
EVERY NOVEMBER we publish our annual predictive guide to the coming year, The World Ahead. In this year’s edition, our correspondents and invited experts consider the global outlook in geopolitics, business, technology and culture; the implications of Donald Trump’s victory, for America and the world; and the challenges and opportunities of rapid technological change in clean energy, artificial intelligence and medicine.
The World Ahead December 21st 2024
From the December 21st 2024 edition
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The World Ahead 2025
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